The legendary Roy Hargrove kicks things off with Hardgroove, from this week’s Album of the Week – Hard Groove – as part of the RH Factor outfit. Similar vibes follow, including from artists pivotal to Hard Groove: the legendary D’Angelo and Erykah Badu. The soul and RnB vibes continue throughout our remaining 27 tracks, with a couple of deviations to explore some jazzier pieces, indie, rock, and a touch of electronica. New music this week comes from Fontaines D.C., Prima Queen, and Chris McCarthy.
Tracklist
- Hardgroove – The RH Factor
- Spanish Joint – D’Angelo
- Appletree – Erykah Badu
- Skip Step – Nate Smith
- Poetry – The RH Factor, Q-Tip, Erykah Badu
- Dark Side Riddim – Ezra Collective
- Common Free Style – The RH Factor, Common
- More Is – Christian McBride, Ursa Major
- better – Joy Orbison, Léa Sen
- The Seed – Tony Allen, Jeff Mills
- No Lie – Ife Ogunjobi
- Triad – Shaun Martin
- East Bay – Snarky Puppy
- This Too Shall Pass – Live – Nine Sparks Riots
- Clarendon – Huntertones, Lionel Loueke
- First Responders – Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder, Kamasi Washington, Dinner Party
- Before Paris – Tom Misch
- Wayne’s Thang – Kenny Garrett
- Visions of Light – Ishmael Ensemble
- Eyes On Me – BADBADNOTGOOD
- Pon Pón – Khruangbin
- Streets of Philadelphia – Joshua Redman, Gabrielle Cavassa
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – Al Green
- Concrete – Cory Wong, Mark Lettieri
- Before You I Just Forget – Fontaines D.C.
- Sunshine Song – Prima Queen
- Under the Strikes – Yannis & The Yaw, Tony Allen
- Crunchy – Chris McCarthy
- I’ll Stay – The RH Factor, D’Angelo
- Losing You – Everything is Recorded, Sampha, Laura Groves, Jah Wobble, Yazz Ahmed
Waxing Lyrical 